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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
James Schumacher, Oakland, CA (US);
Mike O'Brien, Pacifica, CA (US);
Jay Cee Straley, San Carlos, CA (US);
Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A video-on-demand system transfers video content signals to a first communication system. The video-on-demand system transfers a control screen signal to a second communication system and receives a video control signal from the second communication system. The video-on-demand system implements a viewer control selection indicated by the video control signal. The control screen could be a web page that includes a video display control menu comprising play stop, pause, rewind, and fast forward. The control screen could include a video content selection menu. The video-on-demand system implements the control screen menu selections.